Politics

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 6, 2014. European Union leaders are holding an emergency summit to decide on imposing sanctions against Russia over its military incursion in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Democrat candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis speaks at a live discussion with The Texas Tribune on Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Davis will face Republican Greg Abbott. (AP Photo/The Daily Texan, Jonathan Garza)

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New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, listens during a news conference, as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race with Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Surrounded by supporters and joined by his wife Sheila Astorino, second from right, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race with a press conference, Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Surrounded by supporters and joined by his wife Sheila Astorino, far right, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, leaves a news conference as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race, Thursday March 6, 2014, from the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)